New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-01
SOME BITS or STRAY GOSSIP.

Thomas r. Grady IL round fat and Jolly, but can
also 10 sarcastic IN spite OF his smiles. lie was In
tho Hoffman House the other night and one
liked Min II he was going rs delegate to the next
Democratic National Convention and he repliei "Nor
from the state of New-Yorit. may 90 delegate
from New-HamIshlfe or Wisconsin Massachusetts,
or some other Republican State that Cleveland
going to make Democratic ~ he became Pres
dent. These the only States in which Democrat
has a show OF getting Office and I'm these States
a civil service reform" When asked If he would
support the DemocIatc nominee In 1858 NE
Dy @P s as e the .nmp AGAINST e0 hm
"Cievcland is not a Democrat he said 'He never
say ell from him il ii lie done. He wanted 10 give
w the rebel Gags. Did hci Wen, we will Just wrap
emblems and bury him the close Of the next cam
ralgn if he Shout ho nominated do not believe believe
sec that he was defeated"
Coming home from Western trip W. J. Arkell,
of "The Judge" accosted in a car by country
man who had been for time intently looking at
the journalists SCARED face the result of burn In
his youtb. stranger" asked tho granger,
but how did you get that SCARF Il was btu
replied ArkeI with the sObcrness of deacon. That's
what L thought rejolned the cOuntryman, "a he
walked away it shows where the teeth sot in'
Police Captain Williams says that he Is that
be has sent many to State Prison as the Rev.
DR.. Crosby has to Heaven" This is the captains
charges recently preferred against him.
The strcet-ear conductors having endless strrg
giles Just now with smokers. The regulations OF
most of the lines require conductors to prevent smok
rg on the front platform when the doors and windows
are OPEN as they ara constantly In warm weather.
There Is somewhere In the state law provision with
a penalty against smoking the street cars except
on the front platform. Behind this exception Of the
statute few stubborn old SMOKERS creep ana zen
the conductor who nOfiheS them 10 stop SMOKING
that he eject them at his pail, but smoke they
will as they know law. when a conductor tackles
OF these fighting smokers he generally goes TO the
rear platform AMI preends that he is blind. As
In good part and throw away their weeds.
The old excise COMMISSIONER. Nicholas Haughton
knows good thing" when he secs it. and has
'struck it rcl" By securing the bar privilege In
Adrieh Court the Office building In lower Broad
way. The commissioner Is s.cndar men, with
big nose, low forehead over which his black han
rises in stih cOwiIck. and long black WHISPERS He
has an o. mon ABOUT Politics which be expressed IN
politics who was not bespattered with mud. lie
may be the most honorable and Upright man In the
world lie may have rlutation tlat IL perfect:
but II he once dabbles in politics he WI be attacked
from every side and In every conceivable manner
itcs Is that poIticians arc honorable aud up
right n other men; no more or less
What is known as the "saratosa Limited the
New-Yonl Genital road Is popular on saturday
IN gong TO saratoga than Monday In returning.
once the New Yorker reaches Saratoga he likes to
lmoer The tain consists OF six Warner ears. The
trip Is made In fOuT hours aud TWENTY-FIVE minutes
the distance being about $50 miles only one STOP
Is made at Troy, where onelnes are ehaneea ia nc
train crowded ON sa'u day lat, ana scores vi
poIls applied nnsucces7iully fer a conmodsi ion-
II any twO-thirds fun
sta, senator coggeshali, OF Utica. was in tn
city the o her day and went down % the Onena'
Hotel TO catch the brecze and talk politics with
the State tulticans vino gathered thcre. To
conversation about affairs In bis own district sen.
ator CogpeSlal expressed the oplnon that ne would
he returned to tho Sta = nate practically without
Opposition. "oneda county" said he sis single
Senatorial district and yet ] have heard oil no
real canddate against me. understand the Demo-
Gratis dD not intend TO put cahdidato IN TIC NC"
against me II / am nominated"
Colonel william L. Brown. of "The Daily News"
has made Charles Reed offer Of 100000 for his
handsome villa in unionave., Saratoga The prop
erty j. one Of the finest al the American Spa Reed
Is prncii al proprietor Of the Saratoga Club House
lie has considerable Saratoga pro- ety besides thc
villa Co,onel Brown IL old Ohioan To-
Colonel dritcd 10 Washington. where ne Hies anu
a wealthy Washington lawyer Then nc came 70
New-Yora and bought an interest In the p' ny
News" from which bo gets handsome hc9 ,, ~
il given 10 sporting, and Is considered almost a.
lucky as his partner, "Old Ben Wood Us he l.
familiarity known.
Senator Allison. of Iowa, was at the Brevoor
House Thursday but went homo to Iowa Fri
dav mornIne lie came East early In
the month. expecting to attend meet
ing here of the committee of the Senate Finance
Committee which has been investigating the subject
Of underv auatiOns In the customs duties. senator
Adrich Of Rhode Island, who is member OF TINS
committee Il stnl In Europe. Senator Morrill,, the
other member, Is detained In Washington where his
son has been III with typhoid fever contracted In Ala.
bama The severe heat In Washington haa FRUSTRATED
Senator Morrill, within a DAY or TWO. sehaiof ALISON
mas therefore p, stponcd further COMMITTEE work hore
until November The senator has been tahins ses rs